Roger and I have had a very busy week. After Kimber graduated from High School, we boarded a plane for Atlanta to stay with Roger’s mom.
Dean – Roger’s step-dad, was almost 98 years old and had a life of ministry and travel and love that most of us can only imagine. So while we are sad, we are rejoicing as well.
Roger and I have been with each other 24/7 and that has lead to some mischief.
Not only have we been eating entirely too much, (Chick-fil-a! Cracker Barrell! Dunkin’ Donuts!) we have started to make up words. (Lupper – the forth meal we end up eating everyday whole here.)
And now Pre- Laugh – any time you are watching a movie or TV show for the second (or more) time, and you start giggling before the scene even comes up because you KNOW what is coming up.
Here are a few things that make me pre-laugh:
You know the scene where Princess Fiona starts singing like a Disney Princess to a bluebird and the bird mirrors her sounds until it explodes.
Big Pre-laugh. Huge.
It is inconceivable how anticipating one word can make me pre-laugh so hard I cry. (And if you’ve seen the movie, you know what word I mean.)
The Show How I Met Your Mother just makes me laugh, but nothing gets me more than the Canadian Pop-Star Robin Sparkles singing, “Let’s go to the Mall” Classic
We could use some pre-laughs around here. Tell me, what makes you pre-laugh.
The Friends episode where Ross wears the leather pants… http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=OBrCZQO6-o4&feature=related
I pre-laugh knowing Captain Kirk is gonna get dumped big time in “The Voyage Home”
Or when I know Dr. McCoy is gonna try the vulcan neck pinch and can’t do it in “the search for spock”, or anytime I see the “Princess Bride” Or when I know Mr. Darcy is gonna smirk when Elizabeth walks up with muddy petticoats or when I watch the ripped pants episode of sponge Bob. gosh, there are a million things.
Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory
Dana – I’ve never seen it but after looking it up I know it’s a Roger movie. Will be looking it up on netflix!
Just about any scene in “Scavenger Hunt”, but especially when one of the characters “disguises” himself as a mummy, with strips of gauze, and scares museum patrons. Very silly but very funny, too.
Oh Nan – I pre-laughed just thinking about that. LOVE IT!
The first pre-laugh that comes to my mind is from the movie, “My Big, Fat Greek Wedding.” I am starting to laugh right now just thinking about it. It is the scene where Tula, the daughter, is upset because her father won’t let her go to college. “Greek Girls should grow up to be Greek women who marry Greek men and make Greek babies!” he says. Tula is crying and her mother is trying to comfort her. Her mother tells Tula that she will speak to her father. Tula says, “No, ma. It is no use. You know…the father is the head of the house.” Tula’s mother says, “Yes, Tula. You are correct. Ze papa is ze head of ze house BUT, ze mama is ze neck and she can turn ze head anyvay she vants!!” It cracks me up everytime!
LOVE Post Laugh – another new word.
Hi Kathy,
I pre-laugh at myself. Those times when I know I’ve done something goofy (which is far too often), but no one has noticed yet.
I pre-laugh every time I watch “Parent Trap” and think about how the kids’ mother sets up the girlfriend to go on a camping trip with the family.
I pre-laugh when I watch “Get Smart” and Steve Carrell is getting ready to go into the bathroom on the plane where he continually shoots himself with his mini harpoon.
I love to laugh, so I could honestly go on and on, but I’ll spare you. But thanks for coining a new word for us.
By the way…my son coined post-laugh a few years ago. That face we make when we’re done laughing, but we haven’t returned to a normal facial expression. That’s when we make a funny noise and a face no one wants to have freeze framed on a video. 🙂